‘We have to turn more people away’: Largest Phoenix shelter loses 110 beds as funding expires

Phoenix’s largest hub for homeless services this week had to reduce shelter capacity for more than 100 people.

Keys to Change is the lead organization on a 13-acre campus in downtown Phoenix where multiple shelters and other homeless service organizations operate. Since 2020, Keys to Change has been using federal pandemic aid to operate a dining hall and a resource center building as overflow shelter spaces, with mats rolled out on the floor every night.

Now, that funding is expiring…

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